VSCodium Alternatives

Apps similar to VSCodium include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, Vim and Zed Editor. There's no shortage of Text Editors like VSCodium, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and Android.

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  1. IntelliJ IDEA icon
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    IntelliJ IDEA is the JetBrains IDE for pro development in Java and Kotlin. Built for your comfort, it unlocks productivity, ensures quality code, supports cutting-edge tech, and protects your privacy.

    68 IntelliJ IDEA alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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  2. PyCharm icon
     304 likes

    Cross-platform IDE for Python and Django with refactoring capabilities, code completion, VCS integration, deployment, issue tracking, remote debugging, and Community Edition, though lacking database support and web technologies.

    59 PyCharm alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
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  3. gedit icon
     701 likes

    Extensible text editor with UTF-8 support, syntax highlighting for several programming and markup languages, remote editing, file reverting, print preview, clipboard operations, powerful search, customizable fonts and colors, line numbering, and plugin support.

    214 gedit alternatives

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    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • OpenSolaris
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    The Default look under GNOME with Adwaita
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  4. Cursor icon
     61 likes

    The AI-first Code Editor. Build software faster in an editor designed for pair-programming with AI.

    180 Cursor alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  5. GNU nano icon
     299 likes

    GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.

    169 GNU nano alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Haiku
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  6. Micro icon
     91 likes

    Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals.

    59 Micro alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
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  7. Pulsar Editor icon
     51 likes

    A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, built on Electron. and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.

    94 Pulsar Editor alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Electron
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  8. Devin Desktop icon
     38 likes

    Windsurf Editor is an IDE merging AI and developers for lockstep collaboration with Cascade capabilities, boosting speed and contextual coding through copilot and agent-like systems across Mac, Windows, and Linux.

    121 Devin Desktop alternatives

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    • Mac
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  9. Edit icon
     21 likes

    Open-source command-line text editor for Windows with a modern interface inspired by MS-DOS Editor, featuring key bindings, lightweight build under 250KB, multi-file handling with ctrl + P, keyboard-optimized navigation, and direct file editing for developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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    • Mac
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    Edit screenshot 1
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  10. Lite XL icon
     59 likes

    Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.

    74 Lite XL alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  11. Gram icon
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    Gram is a powerful and modern source code editor. It features solid performance and is highly configurable, yet comes with batteries included out of the box. Gram supports many popular programming languages and file formats, and can use Zed extensions to support additional...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Homebrew
    • Windows
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